Complete mitochondrial genome of Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus (Aves: Cuculiformes) from South Korea

Yun Sun Lee; Eujin Cheong; Jin Young Park; Wee-Haeng Hur; Yu-Seong Choi; Hyung-Kyu Nam; Dong-Won Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2134745

Complete mitochondrial genome of Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus (Aves: Cuculiformes) from South Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Nov 2;7(11):1893-1895. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2134745. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yun Sun Lee¹, Eujin Cheong¹, Jin Young Park¹, Wee-Haeng Hur¹, Yu-Seong Choi¹, Hyung-Kyu Nam¹, Dong-Won Kim¹

Affiliation

¹ National Migratory Birds Center, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of Eudynamys scolopaceus using Illumina and Pacbio next-generation sequencing. The total length of the mitogenome was 18,170 bp and contained 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, a non-coding control region, and two repeat regions. The order of the genes and genome structure were the same as those in a previous publication in other Cuculidae species. A phylogenetic tree constructed with 13 PCGs indicated that E. scolopaceus is closely related to Urodynamis taitensis and genus Cuculus.

Keywords: Asian Koel; Eudynamys scolopaceus; mitochondrial genome; next-generation sequencing.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) under Grant [NIBR202127101], funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea.